This week is a short week in PE due to thanksgiving break! We are having a jump rope assessment to measure how many jumps our students can do in two minutes. They are instructed to jump continuously without stopping and are allowed as many mess-ups as they want. At the end of two minutes their partner will tell them how many jumps they had and our 2nd thru 5th grades will record it on their score sheet. Our K and 1st graders will not be required to record their score but have their partner verbalize it. They will be given two trials and encouraged to improve on their second trial. I will keep their score sheets all year and every couple of months we will see how the students have improved. Since, we often warm-up with jump rope I think they will see much progress. If there is time at the end we will have a free jump. This week we are focusing on PE standard number 4, which is the student achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of fitness.

It is parent teacher conference week and we have a slightly different schedule for PE. Each class gets one thirty minute PE for this week. PE is also in a different time slot this week because school is dismissed at 1:25 all week. We are playing a PE favorite called battleship. It works on both the overhand and underhand throw. It also works on teamwork and game strategy. The object of the game is to sink everyone’s battleship before your own battleship is sunk. Ships are sunk when all their pins, lined up on the corners of the ship, are knocked down. Students must stay on their mat (battleship) unless they are the team’s dolphin, in which case they are on a scooter and retrieving balls (cannons) for their team. This game is very fast pasted and games only last 3-5 minutes. New dolphins and selected each time and strategy time is given to teams to discuss ways to protect their battleship while trying to sink others ships. Grades K-2 are assessed on underhand throwing and teamwork. Grades 3-5 are assessed on overhand throwing and teamwork. PE standards covered this week include standard 1 and standard 5.

This week in physical education the students are participating in non-traditional wrestling. It is not the wresting you may have grown up with or see at a normal high school wrestling match. It highly modified to fit the needs of our K thru 5th graders. All our wrestling games are set up the same basic way, two students on each end of matt with a referee off the matt in the middle, and a student waiting behind the referee. It is the referees job to make sure both students are ready, to say go and to determine a winner if a dispute arises. The referee also determines if any rules are broken and if a student is being too rough.

Matt Wrestling Games:1.Capture the flag wresting- Each student is trying to take the other students flag out of the cone before their flag is taken. The flag and cones are placed directly behind each student at the start.2.Tail Wrestling- Each student receives a flag and places it in their back pocket (their tail), the object of the game is each student is trying to pull the flag out of the other students pocket before their flag is pulled. 3.Flamingo Wrestling- Each student starts by holding one leg up (like a flamingo). The object of the game to try to make the other student let go of their leg or bump them off the matt. 4.Bumper Car Wrestling- Each student starts by connecting their hands behind their knee so they are in a squat position. The object of the game is to try to make the other wrestler let go of there stance or “bump” them off the matt.5.Ball Wrestling- This game starts in the middle of the matt and uses a giant four square ball. The object is to take the ball from the middle of the matt and touch your cone with it.

These games can become competitive and we start the day off by discussing sportsmanship and fair play. I feel it is good for the students to be competitive at times in a controlled environment. The physical education standard we are striving to meet this week is standard number 5, the student exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.

This week in physical education the students at Osuna are learning basic tumbling skills. We start with 3 warm-up laps which are followed by our stretching routine and then basic positions. 5 Basic Positions:1. Pike2. Straddle3. Squat4. Tuck5. Layout

We then move on to basic balances. All balances we preform must be held for a minimum of 3 seconds. We start balances by balancing on any 6 body parts, and then we move to 5 body parts, and then 4, 3, 2, and finally 1 body part. After these balances are performed we learn basic gymnastic balances.5 Basic Balances: 1. Table2. Bridge3. V-Seat4. Tri-pod5. Hand stand (if students show they are ready)

After balances are performed we move to basic rolls:5 Basic Rolls1. Log Roll2. Egg Roll3. Forward Roll to pike4. Forward Roll to stand5. Backward roll (if students show they are ready)

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I am the physical education teacher at Osuna Elementary in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am a big sports enthusiast; I love watching, playing but especially teaching and coaching sports. I am the JV baseball coach at Sandia High School. I also run a baseball academy called FUN-Damental Baseball School which helps kids 5 and up improve their baseball skills(for more info contact me at jtainter@hotmail.com). I enjoy spending time with my wife, my little brothers and the rest of my friends and family.